EP0964809B1 - Umschlageinrichtung für container und ein eisenbahnwagen - Google Patents

Umschlageinrichtung für container und ein eisenbahnwagen Download PDF

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EP0964809B1
EP0964809B1 EP98908328A EP98908328A EP0964809B1 EP 0964809 B1 EP0964809 B1 EP 0964809B1 EP 98908328 A EP98908328 A EP 98908328A EP 98908328 A EP98908328 A EP 98908328A EP 0964809 B1 EP0964809 B1 EP 0964809B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G63/00—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations
    • B65G63/02—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations with essentially horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge
    • B65G63/022—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations with essentially horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge for articles
    • B65G63/025—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations with essentially horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge for articles for containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B1/00—General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail vehicle marshalling systems
    • B61B1/005—Rail vehicle marshalling systems; Rail freight terminals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D47/00—Loading or unloading devices combined with vehicles, e.g. loading platforms, doors convertible into loading and unloading ramps

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  • the present invention relates to a terminal for transferring containers, in particular a railway terminal for loading railway wagons with containers and/or unloading railway wagons which are laden with containers. according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a terminal of this kind may, for example, be a lorry terminal for loading lorries with containers and/or unloading lorries which are laden with containers, in which case the section of track will more broadly be a drive-on or drive-off section, in particular for lorries.
  • the present invention therefore relates in a general sense to a terminal for transferring containers, the terminal comprising a drive-on-drive-off section (for example for lorries or railway wagons), and at least one platform, which is arranged along and adjacent to the said drive-on/drive-off section and is at a higher level than the said drive-on/drive-off section.
  • a terminal of this kind is generally known.
  • a railway terminal of this kind and also at a railway terminal according to the invention, so-called 20-foot, 30-foot and 40-foot containers can be loaded from the train onto lorries and from the lorry onto the train.
  • the railway wagons have an essentially flat loading floor.
  • trolleys such as for example those which are known from and described in the European Patent EP-B1-0,509,028, the containers can then be displaced in their transverse direction in order to be moved from the platform onto the railway wagons or from the railway wagons onto the platform.
  • a terminal according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from FR-A-2,427,978.
  • This publication discloses an assembly of a lorry and railway wagon. Both the lorry and the wagon are provided with two slots each. The lorry is provided with two support beams, one per slot. Those beams can be extended from the lorry out of its slots into the slots of the wagon and back to move a container from the lorry to the wagon or from the wagon to the lorry.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved terminal, such as a railway terminal, and in particular to provide a terminal where the transfer time required to transfer a container is reduced.
  • a structure of this kind can be realized by relatively simple means and offers the major advantage that the containers, on arrival at the railway terminal on the supply lorries, can be placed directly above at least two slots, after which they can be transferred, by means of the beam-like support, from the loading platform to above the section of track, in particular a railway wagon situated thereon.
  • the top side of the beam-like support may protrude slightly above the loading or unloading platform, so that the container which is to be displaced sideways over the platform does not come into contact with the top surface of the platform.
  • the railway wagon on which the containers are to be placed or from which they are to be unloaded may in this case be provided with jacks or cylinder/piston assemblies acting in the vertical direction.
  • Such jacks or cylinder/piston assemblies can then lift the container, which is supported by the supports, which in this case act as cantilevered arms, off this support, after which the supports can be moved back into their retracted position, in order then to allow the container to be lowered onto the loading floor of the railway wagon with the aid of the jacks or cylinder/piston assemblies.
  • the slots and/or supports are provided with lifting means, by means of which each support can be moved up and down between a position in which it is recessed in the respective slot and a raised position in which its upper bearing surface projects above the loading and/or unloading platform. Then, when it is necessary to transfer a container, the supports can be moved upwards until the top bearing surface thereof projects sufficiently far, for example 3 to 5 cm, above the top surface of the platform in question. However, the supports may also be moved further upwards, for example until the top surface thereof lies approximately 10 cm above the top surface of the platform. Lifting means of this kind can be realized in a variety of manners.
  • the lifting means comprise rollers and/or wheels which can be moved up and down with respect to the loading and/or unloading platform and are arranged on the loading and/or unloading platform.
  • These rollers and/or wheels are in this case vertically adjustable and on their top side bear the support, which on being extended and withdrawn will set the rollers and/or wheels in rotation.
  • the arrangement of these rollers and/or wheels on the loading and/or unloading platform in this case has the advantage that the lifting means providing the lifting force may be accommodated in the loading and/or unloading platform, so that there is little limit to their dimensions.
  • the lifting means comprise rollers and/or wheels which can be moved up and down with respect to the supports and are arranged on the supports.
  • rollers and/or wheels arranged on the supports make it possible to design the support entirely or partly as a type of independently movable car.
  • each slot is provided with longitudinal guides with downwardly directed contact surfaces, on which the support can come to bear in the event of it tilting.
  • longitudinal guides of this kind will accommodate the rollers and/or wheels which are arranged on the support with a vertical clearance. Consideration may be given here to, for example, U-shaped, horizontal guide rails, through which the rollers and/or wheels can be moved with a vertical clearance.
  • a hydraulic cylinder/piston unit is provided for each support, which cylinder/piston unit is arranged in the loading and/or unloading platform, extends in the longitudinal direction of the support and is attached, on the one hand, to the support, preferably by means of the piston rod, and, on the other hand, to the loading and/or unloading platform, preferably by means of the cylinder housing.
  • the said railway terminal in accordance with the invention furthermore comprises at least one railway wagon, the loading floor of which is provided with at least two grooves, which extend over its entire width, are open towards the longitudinal sides of the railway wagon and have a width which is greater than the width of an abovementioned support, in which case, on the one hand, the distance between at least two of these grooves is less than the length of a container to be loaded and unloaded and, on the other hand, the mutual positioning of at least two of these grooves is such that they can each be aligned with a slot in the loading and/or unloading platform.
  • Grooves of this kind can then accommodate the supports when they project out of the platform, with the result that the vertical movement of the container which is still required in order for it to be deposited on the railway wagon or, conversely, for it to be lifted off the railway wagon is reduced.
  • the width of each groove is greater, preferably at least 5 cm greater, than the width of the supports, and is, for example, 10 to 20 cm greater than the width of the supports. Consideration may be given, for example, to a groove which is 15 cm wider than the support to be accommodated therein.
  • the depth of the grooves in the railway wagons will be greater than the total height of that part of the supports which is accommodated therein.
  • the wagon may be provided with setting means for adjusting the height of the superstructure, comprising the loading floor, of the wagon with respect to the substructure of the wagon. If the grooves formed in the wagon have a depth which is greater than the height of the supports, it is possible, as soon as a container is placed above the railway wagon by means of the supports, to move the loading floor of the railway wagon upwards and thus lift the container off the supports, after which the supports can be withdrawn. In order then to unload a container, it is possible to move the railway wagon, together with the container, upwards, to move the supports inwards through the grooves and to lower the railway wagon and to return the container, which is now resting on the supports, to the platform by withdrawing the supports.
  • the supports may then be designed as a simple supporting beam which can be withdrawn and extended from the platform and will project with its upper support surface slightly above the top surface of the platform, in order to prevent contact between the bottom face of the container and the platform during the sideways movement of the container.
  • the present invention also relates to a railway wagon for containers, in which the loading floor is provided with at least two grooves, which extend over its entire width and are open towards the sides of the railway wagon, in which case the distance between at least two of these grooves is less than the length of a container to be loaded and unloaded.
  • the railway wagon may advantageously also be provided with setting means for adjusting the height of the superstructure, comprising the loading floor, of the wagon with respect to the substructure of the wagon.
  • the beam-like supports may also be designed as a type of car which can be moved through the slots in the platform and the grooves in the railway wagons. These cars are then advantageously provided with the abovementioned lifting means arranged on the supports, in order to be able to adjust the wheels and/or rollers of these supports with respect to these supports.
  • the wheels and/or rollers used may be assemblies such as those which are described in the European Patent EP-B1-0,509,028 (cf. inter alia the height-overcoming mechanism explained with reference to Figures 7 and 8 of this patent).
  • This principle relates to the provision of a slope in the top surface of the loading and/unloading platform.
  • a slope of this kind can also be employed on the bases of the slots formed in the platforms.
  • railway wagon should in each case be read as lorry, such as a truck or lorry trailer.
  • the section of track will then be a road which the lorries can drive onto and off, which road can also be referred to as drive-on or drive-off section.
  • the claims are therefore also formulated in a correspondingly broader manner. It will furthermore be clear that a combination of a lorry terminal and railway terminal is entirely conceivable.
  • the elevated section will in that case lie between the drive-on and drive-off road for lorries and the section of track.
  • one support is sufficient in this case, and can be used firstly to unload a container from a lorry on one side of the platform and then to transfer it onto a railway wagon on the other side of the platform, or else which can be used to transfer a container from a railway wagon on one side of the platform, via the platform, onto a lorry on the other side of the platform.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a lifting device for placing a container, which is standing on folded-out legs, onto the ground with the legs folded in, and for placing such a container which is standing on the ground with the legs folded in on folded-out legs.
  • the lifting device comprising at least two cylinder/piston units, which are positioned at a distance from one another, and preferably four cylinder/piston units, which are preferably spaced apart in a rectangular pattern, these cylinder/piston units being disposed vertically in the ground, the piston rods being provided at their free ends with a bearing part on which the container can be supported, and it being possible to retract and extend the piston rods in pairs between a retracted position, in which the bearing part is completely recessed in the ground, and an extended position, in which the distance between the bearing parts and the ground is greater than the standing height of the folded-out legs.
  • a lifting device of this kind allows in particular so-called DIN EN 284 containers (DIN stands for Manual Industrie Norm) to be placed with a bottom surface on the ground, or conversely to be placed on their folded-out legs with their base raised above the ground.
  • Containers of this kind are used frequently, in particular in Germany, for road haulage. In this case, the container is transported with its legs folded in and placed on the lorry, the lorry being stopped at the designated destination, where the legs are folded out and the lorry is driven away beneath the container. If such containers are then to be transported by railway, the legs must first be folded in. This can be carried out with the aid of cranes, which can take hold of the containers from above.
  • the lifting device according to the invention is inexpensive to realize and can easily be incorporated in the ground, in particular in the platform, at the loading and/or unloading sites where the containers are transferred onto railway wagons or removed from railway wagons.
  • the lorry will in this case drive such a DIN EN 284 container to above the cylinder/piston units, in order to leave the container behind in the usual manner at that location, resting on its legs, after which, by extending the piston rods, the container can be lifted slightly off the ground, so that the legs can be folded in, after which the piston rods can be retracted again in order to lower the container until its bottom surface rests on the ground.
  • the bearing parts of the piston rods are then lowered into the ground by retracting the piston rod further, so that these bearing parts are no longer in the way.
  • this lowering/ability to be lowered of the bearing parts into the ground is only an advantageous option, since it may also be useful if the container is supported just above the ground by bearing parts.
  • the container may then be transferred from the platform onto the railway wagon, for example by means of the abovementioned trolleys.
  • the lifting device according to the invention can be employed advantageously even for unloading such DIN EN 284 containers from the railway wagon.
  • the container is moved, for example by means of the abovementioned trolleys, from the railway wagon onto the platform, until it is above the cylinder/piston units which are disposed in the ground, in this case in the platform.
  • the container can then be lifted by means of the cylinder/piston units to a height which is slightly higher than the standing height of the folded-out legs.
  • the lorry will deposit the container provided with fold-in and fold-out legs on the drive-on and/or drive-off section, with the legs folded out, after which, by means of supports present in the platform (in accordance with the principle of the invention), a container can be lifted slightly by the extended supports, the legs of the container can be folded in and the container can be deposited on the platform by retracting the supports.
  • Figure 1 diagrammatically shows a railway terminal 1 which is positioned parallel to a through track 2.
  • Figure 1 shows a track with overhead lines, but it will be clear to a person skilled in the art that the invention essentially applies also to a track without overhead lines.
  • the railway terminal 1 comprises a section of track 3, which branches off as a siding from the through track 2, running parallel to the latter and then rejoining this track 2 subsequently.
  • a platform 4 and 5, which is at a higher level than the section of track 3, is provided on either side of the section of track 3.
  • one platform, platform 4 is designed as the loading platform
  • the other platform, platform 5 is designed as the unloading platform.
  • containers 7 are placed on the railway wagons 6 from the loading platform 4, while containers 10 unloaded from the railway wagons are placed on the unloading platform 5.
  • Figure 1 furthermore shows a locomotive 27, with in this case, by way of example, five railway wagons 6 behind it.
  • the number of railway wagons 6 may be much higher, and that accordingly the loading and unloading platforms 4 and 5, respectively, may be considerably longer.
  • the containers to be loaded onto the railway wagons 6 are brought in by lorries and are placed on the loading platform 4 at a desired location along a section of track 3. It is preferred here to take into account the length of the railway wagons 6 and the railway wagon 6 onto which the container in question is to be loaded. By then stopping the railway wagons at a predetermined location, it is then possible to ensure the containers 7 to be loaded only have to be moved sideways. Supports which lie in slots 50 are used for this sideways movement, and these supports will be explained in more detail below with reference in particular to Figures 2 and 4. The supports lying in the slots can move to and fro in the slots and over the wagons, in order to transfer a container placed on them from a platform onto a wagon, and vice versa.
  • Containers unloaded from a wagon 6 rest on unloading platform 5 and are denoted by the reference numeral 10.
  • the containers 10 When the containers 10 are standing on the unloading platform 5, they can be collected by a lorry and taken away. It will be clear here that it is wholly conceivable, when a goods train is at a standstill at the railway terminal, merely to unload a number of containers and/or load a number of containers, while a further number of containers remains in place on the railway wagons, or optionally on the loading and/or unloading platform, in the ordinary way.
  • FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows a sectional view transverse to the direction of the section of track 3.
  • a so-called loading platform 4 is shown on the left-hand side and a so-called unloading platform 5 is shown on the right-hand side.
  • These platforms 4 and 5 are substantially identical, but with regard to the logistics it is advantageous to load wagons from one platform and to unload wagons from the opposite platform.
  • the positions of the loading and unloading platform 4 and 5, respectively may be exchanged and that these platforms 4 and 5 may each also fulfil the dual function of both loading platform and unloading platform. It is also possible for one of the two platforms to be dispensed with, if appropriate.
  • Figure 2 furthermore depicts a railway wagon 6, essentially comprising a substructure 13 which bears the wheels and a superstructure 14 which comprises the loading floor 15.
  • the superstructure 14 is supported on the substructure 13 by means of suspension systems 17, in particular a pneumatic suspension, also known as air suspension.
  • the loading and unloading platforms 4 and 5 are provided with slots 50, in which beam-like supports 52 can be moved to and fro in the direction of the double arrow 53 between a retracted position, which is shown on the right-hand side of Figure 2, and a completely projecting position, in which the support 52 projects over essentially the entire width of the wagon 6.
  • the movement of the support 52 to and fro can be realized by means of a double-acting hydraulic cylinder 55 and piston 54 unit, which is connected to the support 52 via a piston rod 56 and a joint 57 allowing a vertical movement.
  • the top bearing surface of the supports 52 may project permanently above the top surface 19 or 20 of the respective platform, so that the sideways movement of containers 7 to and fro in the direction of double arrow 53 is not impeded by contact between the base of the containers 7 and the top surface of a platform.
  • a container 7 can then be put down on the wagon 6 by activating the air suspension systems 17 of the wagon, so that the superstructure 14 is forced upwards with respect to the substructure 13. Due to the fact that the depth of the groove 51 formed in the wagon is greater than the vertical height of the support 52, it is in this case possible for the loading floor 15 to lift the container 7 off the support 52, after which the support 52 can be withdrawn, by means of the cylinder/piston unit 54, 55, into its retracted state.
  • the containers supplied may in this case be placed by the lorries directly onto the supports 52 which project slightly out of the loading platform 4, and the containers to be removed can in this case be collected by the lorries directly from the supports 52 which project slightly out of the unloading platform 5.
  • the supports 52 can be lowered or made to descend completely into the platform, as illustrated on the right-hand side of Figure 2.
  • this is realized by means of rollers 62, which can be adjusted vertically by means of a cylinder/piston unit 61 which is arranged in and on the platform in question.
  • This cylinder/piston unit 61, with associated vertically adjustable rollers 62 forms a so-called lifting means 60 arranged on the platform.
  • the rollers 62 will remain in place and rotate as the support 52 is moved to and fro.
  • the support 52 is provided, in the region of its end facing the respective platform, with lifting means 63 comprising cylinder/piston unit 65, which is accommodated in the support 52 and has attached to it vertically adjustable wheels 64 which roll along when the support is displaced.
  • lifting means 63 are illustrated in more detail in Figure 3.
  • this renewed contact between the support 52 and the container 7 can also be prevented by making the groove 51 in the wagon sufficiently deep and allowing the support 52 to sink sufficiently deep into the groove 51.
  • the support 52 In order to unload a container 7 from a wagon 6, the support 52 will be extended in its low position into the groove 51 of a wagon, after which the lifting means 60 and 63 are activated, in order to lift the support 52 upwards and to raise the container 7 off the loading floor 15 of the wagon, after which the support 52 is to be withdrawn, in its position projecting above the unloading platform 5, as far as into the unloading platform 5, and is then to be lowered into the unloading platform 5, so that the container 7 comes to rest on the unloading platform 5.
  • tilting forces will act on the support 52 as a result of the nature of the arm, which in its extended position is cantilevered.
  • tilting of the support 52 is advantageously counteracted by providing the slots 50 in the platforms on either side with horizontal, U-shaped longitudinal guides 67 which extend in the longitudinal direction of the slots 50 and in which the wheels 64 are accommodated with a vertical clearance (as can be seen in Figure 3).
  • Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention, which essentially differs from the embodiment shown in Figure 2 by the fact that in this case the supports 52 are designed as movable cars, with lifting means 63 at both ends of the cars 52, as described with reference to Figure 2. If appropriate, lifting means 60, as described in Figure 2. may be used as extra support at the same location as in Figure 2.
  • the advantage of the embodiment in accordance with Figure 4 is that the tilting forces acting on the support 52 when a container is being moved will be lower, and may even be absent, as a result of the free end of the support 52 being supported on the wagon 6.
  • the container 7 can be picked up from a platform or the wagon and set down on a platform or wagon by actuating the lifting means 63, as described with reference to Figure 2.
  • FIG. 5 shows a detailed view of the possible wheel suspension of a railway wagon 6 according to the invention.
  • This figure only shows part of the superstructure 14 (for example, the loading floor 15 lying at a higher level than the wheel 16 is not shown).
  • the superstructure 14 is provided with webs 21, to which a stepped bearing arm 22 is attached such that it can pivot about pivot 24, which bearing arm on its underside bears the substructure 13 to which the wheel 16 is attached.
  • the stepped arm 22 is suspended from the superstructure 14 by means of an air suspension system 17, while a shock absorber 23 is also provided for the purpose of damping/absorbing vibrations and shocks.
  • a suspension of this kind using a stepped arm 22 makes it possible to achieve a relatively low structural height of the railway wagon 6 as a whole.
  • the air suspension system 17 has the major advantage that it results in a relatively low noise level of the railway wagons at relatively high speeds.
  • a further significant advantage, in particular with regard to the present invention, is that an air suspension system 17 of this kind can easily be manipulated so as to move the superstructure 14 upwards and downwards with respect to the substructure 13, so that it becomes possible to lower the superstructure 14 onto supports 11 arranged on either side of a section of track 3.
  • Figure 6 shows a completely different aspect, which can be employed both separately from that which has been discussed previously, but also, advantageously, in combination therewith.
  • Figure 6 shows a lifting device. which is suitable in particular for placing so-called DIN EN 284 containers 110 with the bottom surface on the ground.
  • DIN EN 284 containers 110 of this kind are fitted with four fold-in and fold-out limbs or legs 116. These containers are delivered by means of lorries, after which the legs are folded out and the lorry is driven away beneath the container(s). In order to bring containers of this kind into a position in which they can be handled and used on a railway terminal according to the invention, the fold-in legs first have to be folded in.
  • the container has to be lifted, the legs have to be folded in and the container has to be set down.
  • this can be carried out in a very advantageous manner by accommodating four cylinder/piston units 100, which are placed apart in a rectangular pattern, in the ground. These cylinder/piston units 100 may be hydraulically actuated, in order to push the piston rods 101 into and out of the cylinder 103 in the direction of double arrow 102.
  • all four of the cylinder/piston units will preferably move jointly.
  • the free ends of the piston rods 101 are provided with bearing parts 104.
  • the bearing parts 104 can be extended, by means of the piston rods 101, to a height which is greater than the standing height H, which is the height of the base of the container 110 above the ground 105 in the folded-out position of the legs 116. Therefore, when the container 110, together with legs 116, is lifted off the ground 105. the legs 116 can be folded in, and the piston rods 101 can be retracted again until the container 110 rests with its base 106 on the ground 105. The bearing parts 104 or support plates 104 can then be retracted down to and lowered into the ground 105.
  • the lifting device as shown in Figure 6 can be used both to fold in the legs 116 and to set the base 106 of the container 110 down on the ground, as well as to lift the container 110 off the ground, fold out the legs 116 and place the container on the ground on its legs 116.
  • a lifting device as shown in Figure 6 can easily be incorporated in a loading and/or unloading platform directly next to the section of track 3, as indicated diagramnatically in Figure 1 by the reference numerals 110.
  • the support plates 104 of adjacent cylinder/piston units may be connected together to form a supporting beam. It will also be clear that if the support plates 104 are sufficiently wide, optionally with further support, two cylinder/piston units may also be sufficient.
  • a so-called container 110 provided with fold-in and fold-out legs 16 can also be placed flat on a platform in a relatively simple manner by means of a terminal according to the invention.
  • the platform 4 is provided on its longitudinal side facing away from the section of track 3 with a drive-on and/or drive-off road (not shown) for lorries.
  • a lorry can use this drive-on and/or drive-off road for lorries to deliver a container 110 and can leave this container 110 behind at a desired location with the legs 116 folded out by firstly folding out the legs and then being driven away beneath the container 110.
  • the container 110 can then be lifted slightly by extending two or more supports 200 out of the platform, after which the legs 116 can be folded in, and the container 110 can be moved onto the platform 4 by retracting the supports 200 again, and can optionally be set down on this platform 4 by allowing the supports 200 to be lowered into the platform 4.
  • the support systems 200 may in this case be essentially identical to the system discussed with reference to Figure 2, which will readily be clear to a person skilled in the art. If the platform 4 is made less wide, it is possible to place the support systems 200 between supports 52. This makes it possible, by means of the support systems 200, to obtain a container 110 in a flat position on the platform 4, in order then to place this container 110 on a railway wagon by means of supports 52.
  • lorries or their trailers may be designed in a manner corresponding to the design of the railway wagons 6. i.e. to provide the loading floor of such lorries or lorry trailers with grooves which can be aligned with the slots in the platform at the same level.
  • the support systems 200 may also be used to unload containers from lorries, or optionally to place them on lorries, on one side of the platform 4, and to transfer containers from the platform 4 onto railway wagons, or alternatively from railway wagons onto the platform, on the other longitudinal side of the platform 4.

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  1. Terminal (1) zum Umschlagen von Containern, insbesondere ein Eisenbahnterminal zum Beladen von Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6) mit Containern (7,9,10) und/oder Entladen von Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6), die mit Containern (7,9,10) beladen sind, wobei das Terminal (1) umfasst:
    einen Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3), wie z.B. einen Gleisabschnitt, und
    mindestens eine Plattform (4,5), wie z.B. eine Lade (4)- und/oder Entlade (5)-Plattform, auf der ein Container (7,9,10) platziert werden kann,
    wobei die Plattform (4,5) mit mindestens zwei Schlitzen (50) versehen ist, die sich quer zum Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3) erstrecken, die sich auf der Seite der Plattform, die zum Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3) gerichtet ist, öffnen und die mit einem Abstand zwischen ihnen angeordnet sind, der kleiner ist als die Länge eines Containers (7,9,10), der umzuschlagen ist, z.B. zu verladen oder auszuladen ist; wobei jeder Schlitz (50) mit einem balkenartigen Träger (52) versehen ist, der in Längsrichtung des Schlitzes (50) verlagert werden kann, und zwar zwischen einer Position, in der er im Wesentlichen in die Plattform (4,5) zurückgezogen ist, und einer Position, in der er um im wesentlichen die Breite eines Containers (7,9,10), der umzuschlagen ist, oder, wenn zutreffend, eines Frachtwagens (6), der zu beladen und/oder entladen ist, vorsteht; und wobei die Schlitze (50) und/oder balkenartigen Träger (52) mit Hebeeinrichtungen (60, 63) versehen sind, mittels deren jeder balkenartige Träger (52) auf und ab bewegt werden kann, und zwar zwischen einer Position, in der er in dem respektiven Schlitz (50) versenkt ist, und einer angehobenen Position, in der seine tragende Oberseite Über die Plattform (4,5) vorsteht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Plattform (4,5) entlang dem und benachbart zum Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3) dauernd auf einem höheren Niveau als der Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3) angeordnet ist, und dadurch, dass die Hebeeinrichtungen (60,63) Führungsrollen (62,64) und/oder Führungsräder (62,64) umfassen, um die balkenartigen Träger (50) zu führen, wobei die Führungsrollen (62,64) und/oder Führungsräder (62,64) in Bezug zum Schlitz (50), auf dem sie vorgesehen sind, auf- und ab bewegbar sind, und/oder dadurch, dass die Hebeeinrichcungen (60,63) Führungsrollen (62,64) und/oder Führungsräder (62,64) zum Führen der balkenartigen Träger (50) umfassen, wobei die Führungsrollen (62,64) und/oder Führungsräder (62,64) in Bezug zu dem balkenartigen Träger (52), auf dem sie vorgesehen sind, auf und ab bewegbar sind.
  2. Terminal nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass sowohl die Schlitze (50) als auch die balkenartigen Träger (52) mit den Führungsrollen (62,64) und/oder Führungsradern (62,64) versehen sind;
    dass sich die Rollen (62) und/oder Räder (62), die auf den Schlitzen (50) angeordnet sind, in Bezug zu den Rollen (64) und/oder Rädern (64), die auf dem balkenartigen Träger (52) angeordnet sind, auf der Seite der Plattform befinden, die zum Auffahr- oder wegfahrabschnitt (3) gerichtet ist, und
    dass die Rollen (64) und/oder Rader (64), die auf dem Träger (52) angeordnec sind, in einem Abstand von demjenigen Ende des Trägers (52) angeordnet sind, das dem Auffahr- oder Wegfahr-Abschnitt (3) zugewandt ist, wobei der Abstand größer ist als die Summe aus:
    der Breite des Containers, der umzuschlagen ist, oder, wenn zutreffend, des Eisenbahnfrachtwagens, der zu beladen und/oder entladen ist, und
    dem Abstand von den Rollen (62) und/oder Radern (62), die auf dem Schlitz (50) angeordnet sind, zum Container (7,9,10), der umzuschlagen ist, oder, wenn zutreffend, zum Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6), der zu beladen und/oder entladen ist.
  3. , Terminal nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Schlitz (50) mit Langsführungen (67) mit nach unten gerichteten Berührungsflächen versehen ist, auf denen der balkenartige Träger (52), im Fall, dass er kippt, zur Auflage kommen kann.
  4. Terminal nach den Ansprüchen 3 und 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Längsführungen (67) die Rollen (64) und/oder Rader (64), die auf dem Träger (52) angeordnet sind, mit einem vertikalen Freiraum aufnehmen.
  5. Terminal nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Hydraulik-Zylinder/Kolben-Einheit (54,55) für jeden balkenartigen Trager (52) vorgesehen ist, welche Zylinder/Kolben-Einheit (54,55) in der Plattform (4,5) angeordnet ist, sich in Langsrichtung des balkenartigen Trägers (52) erstreckt und einerseits am balkenartigen Träger (52), vorzugsweise mittels der Kolbenstange (56), und andererseits an der Lade- und/oder Entladeplattform (4,5), vorzugsweise mittels des Zylindergehäuses, angebracht ist.
  6. Terminal nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Terminal weiter mindestens einen Wagen (6) umfasst, wie z.B. einen Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6), dessen Ladefläche mit mindestens zwei Rillen (51) versehen ist, die sich über seine ganze Breite erstrecken, in Richtung auf die Längsseiten, des Wagens (6) offen sind und eine Breice aufweisen, die größer ist als die Breite eines oben erwähnten balkenarcigen Trägers (52), in welchen Fall einerseits der Abscand zwischen mindestens zwei von diesen Rillen (51) kleiner ist als die Länge eines Containers (7,9,10), der zu verladen und auszuladen ist, und andererseits die gegenseitige Positionierung der mindestens zwei von diesen Rillen (51) so ist, dass sie jeweils mit einem Schlitz (50) in der Plattform (4,5) ausgerichtet sein können.
  7. Terminal nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Breite jeder Rille (51) größer ist, vorzugsweise mindestens 1 cm größer, als die Breite der balkenartigen Träger (52), und z.B. 1 bis 5 cm größer ist als die Breite der balkenartigen Träger (52).
  8. Terminal nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tiefe der Rillen (51) größer ist als die Hohe der balkenartigen Träger (52).
  9. Terminal nach einem der Ansprüche 6-8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der wagen (6) mit Einstelleinrichtungen (17) zum Einstellen der Höhe des die Ladefläche umfassenden Oberbaus (14) des Wagens (6) in Bezug zum Unterbau (13) des Wagens (6) versehen ist.
  10. Terminal nach einem der Ansprüche 1-9, wobei das Terminal ein Eisenbahnterminal zum Beladen von Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6) mit Containern (7,9,10) und/oder Entladen von Eisenbahnfrachtwagen (6) ist, die mit Containern (7,9,10) beladen sind. und wobei der Auffahr/Wegfahr-Abschnitt einen Gleisabschnitt (3) umfasst.
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